Name: Bananas with cashew craquelin
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: Butter, as needed; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup chopped cashews; 4 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 4 ripe bananas, peeled; Vanilla ice cream, lightly whipped heavy cream, or crème anglaise

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Simple to Spectacular

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

About

This begins with a caramel sauce, like the preceding recipe, but the sauce is then used to enclose cashews. The result is cashew brittle, or craquelin, as the French call it, which gives the bananas crunch and loads of extra flavor.

Ingredients

Butter, as needed
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped cashews

Method

Use the butter to grease a baking sheet with a rim. Place the sugar in a large heavy skillet and turn the heat to low. Cook without stirring until the sugar turns liquid. Then stir constantly until it turns golden but not brown.
Stir in the cashews and immediately pour the mixture onto the greased baking sheet. Cool completely, then break into large pieces and

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